For journalists who follow the latest news and trends in consumer electronics, IHS Markit analysts will be available for commentary ahead of and onsite at IFA 2018 in Berlin, Germany, from August 31 to September 5, 2018.

The growth of the energy storage market offers suppliers of inverters a huge growth opportunity, across a wide range of applications and regions. Many existing providers of solar inverters and industrial power electronics have moved to take a leading position in this growth market.

In the media management market, migration from selling equipment-based solutions to service-based solutions is deploying massively this year. Nearly two-thirds (62 percent) of global revenue was service-based, growing to 63 percent by the end of 2017 and expected to grow to 66 percent in 2021. The overall market grew 7 percent in 2016 and 5 percent in 2017, but this growth rate is expected to slow to 4 percent in 2021.

As Nariman Behravesh, lead economist with IHS, has noted “nurturing the process of innovation will ensure that the huge improvement in the human condition that has occurred over the past two centuries was not a fluke of history”. Indeed, nurturing innovation was the primary topic of conversation at Qualcomm Life Connect 2015 (Internet of Medical Things) held in San Diego during August 31 and September 1, 2015. With cautious optimism about short-term growth expectations for digital health, and more resolute optimism for growth in the long-term, the event brought together several key players in the digital health ecosystem that are making use of Qualcomm’s 2net/Healthy Circles connectivity platform. This article is a synopsis of Connect 2015 with additional insight from recent work that IHS has conducted in regard to digital health.

The world market for wearable technologies was worth an estimated $11.35 billion in 2014, up by nearly 18% from 2013. The market is continuously experiencing high growth, which is supported by demand from several wearable applications including medical, fitness, and infotainment.

HBO’s much-anticipated, standalone OTT service – HBO Now – is set to launch in April, 2015. Slated to cost USD 14.99 a month at launch, HBO Now will be exclusive to Apple devices during the service’s first quarter. While users will be able to consume content via any browser, potential subscribers will only be able to register for the service via an iOS device, or an Apple TV.

HTC will launch its own Virtual Reality headset – the Vive – in collaboration with Valve gaming, and with content deals lined up with Lionsgate, HBO and Google. The format that this content will take remains unspecified, although it is likely that the Lionsgate’s deal will include promotional material to immerse fans in the world of ‘Divergent’, the studio’s young-adult franchise of the moment.

This study provides analysis of consumer adoption and awareness of wearable technology in the United States, the United Kingdom and China, serving as a guide to forecasting the market in the near-term.

Android Wear is a new version of Android aimed at wearable devices. LG and Motorola will be among the first to launch smartwatches for the platform. Google is already seeding the market with an app development kit for Android Wear. Shrewdly, Google is leveraging Google Now as a key part of its wearable content and services. Unlike other wearable device makers, Google is able to leverage its extensive search capabilities which already provides bite-sized contextual content to Android smartphone owners.

Connectivity in cars is nowadays mainly driven by the need to support physical interfaces to consumer devices. Smartphones, Portable Media Players, as well as removable media products and now (media) Tablets already play a significant role in in-vehicle infotainment systems and are expected to even more in the near future.

Connectivity is one area in automotive which is showing a significant growth and is expected to further trigger incremental semiconductor component growth in vehicles which are already full of electronics.

US based private equity firm Francisco Partners has made a binding offer to Technicolor for the purchase of Grass Valley's Broadcast business for $100 million while Technicolor seeks another buyer for its head...

US based private equity firm Francisco Partners has made a binding offer to Technicolor for the purchase of Grass Valley's Broadcast business for $100 million while Technicolor seeks another buyer for its head end and transmission businesses which have been divested from Grass Valley.

Sony is building the first 3D OB truck in conjunction with long running partners Telegenic and BskyB, who together went through 18 months of testing to create an outside broadcast solution for 3D programming. ...

The UK Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) platform, Freeview, underwent an upgrade at the end of September 2009 by rearranging the content on its multiplexers. Channel Five replaced ITV4 and ITV2+1 replaced...

Arris Group, manufacturer of cable infrastructure hardware and solutions, has acquired Digeo, a manufacturer of PVR set-top boxes on 23 September 2009 for $20m. This follows on the heels of a previous...